First X1800XT Benchmarks — Maybe

Well ATI sure kept us waiting, but it will finally be introduced this month, the R520 architecture, the successor to the X800 family of graphics cards and a contender for the 3D graphics throne. But why wait for that introduction when you can have a sneak peek today? Normally we would’ve adhered to ATI’s NDA and published results the moment it expired. However this time around ATI decided to just not bother with us as they made it very clear that we did not make the cut, as we have written some articles about CrossFire, R520 and ATI’s financial situation that were apparently not appreciated. Hence we’ve not been briefed by ATI, nor did we sign an NDA, or have been invited to the launch event, so basically they decided to cut us off.

So out of spite, they published results that they acquired through a vendor. Now, I’m not sure whether to be impressed or not. In some tests, it doesn’t awesome, and in others it sucks. Maybe we will just have to wait for official benchmarks.. Check it out at Hardware Analysis.